string master rebuild

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 18 Jan 2015 4:25 pm

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 18 Jan 2015 4:59 pm

Oh LAWD !
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Oh YEAH !

Keep em' commin' Gary !

Russ Cudney · Post by **Russ Cudney** » 18 Jan 2015 5:23 pm

Looking good!

Deirdre Higgins · Post by **Deirdre Higgins** » 18 Jan 2015 6:10 pm

Is this a pedal steel? What are all the rods and linkage underneath for? I'm not familiar with a Stringmaster.

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 18 Jan 2015 6:30 pm

Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually

Deirdre Higgins · Post by **Deirdre Higgins** » 18 Jan 2015 7:43 pm

John Booth wrote:Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually

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Oh, Thanks John
I hope to get my hands on one someday.

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 19 Jan 2015 1:33 am

Had a nice block of aged mahogany but not enough for both necks. I'll enjoyed playing the other neck until I find more wood. I love the sound of these steels.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 19 Jan 2015 7:25 am

These FENDER guitars were made of Swamp Ash wood.
Not sure if the wood has any bearing on the sound of the guitar.??

Roger

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 19 Jan 2015 7:25 am

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Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 19 Jan 2015 9:35 am

Great job, Gary!

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 20 Jan 2015 1:00 am

Thanks Doug. I was aware of the swamp ash but could not resist using a 40 year old peace of mahogany. It's a great tone wood as is swamp ash. I guess this could be a fender, Les Paul steel!

Russ Cudney · Post by **Russ Cudney** » 20 Jan 2015 5:08 am

Do you have all the hardware? Was is butchered too?

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 20 Jan 2015 5:19 am

Looking good Gary! You have bitten off quite a project for sure

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 20 Jan 2015 2:21 pm

This one was cut out part way, the other bridge plate was cut out all the way across. I'm going to try squaring the slots and fitting stainless. I'll put stainless wire in my mig and see if it can be welded on the back side. I'll also make some new ones out of stainless.

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 20 Jan 2015 2:29 pm

Wow! Beautiful work. I'm inspired. I was thinking of building a EH 150 8 string with a longer scale. I have a 1939 and it's my favorite. Thanks to a forum member I found plans at JAG. Tom's work is motivating.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 21 Jan 2015 7:11 am

i kind of liked it the way it was!

Gary Rue · Post by **Gary Rue** » 21 Jan 2015 2:31 pm

Knee levers on a string master could be cool. A practice block might make a safer start!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Jan 2015 3:25 pm

I've always thought a Stringmaster with pedals would be an excellent idea. Although nowadays Stringmasters are rare, expensive and collectible, at the time they were often used by people experimenting with pedals, and many of them had holes drilled in them to take makeshift mechanisms worked by coathangers.

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 27 Jan 2015 1:52 am

Nice start on that project ! I wonder how a Stringmaster would sound in mahogany (?) Maybe not as trebly as ash, and a bit more mellow...(?) I guess you will find out !

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one neck to go.

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would be cool